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Eunice balfouriana (McIntosh, 1885) 
AphiaID: 333299

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Eunicida (Order) > Eunicidae (Family) > Eunice (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eunice Cuvier, 1817
Synonymised
taxa
  Nicidon balfouriana McIntosh, 1885 (objective synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Fauchald, K. 1992. A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523: 1-422. [details]

basis of record: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

additional source: Glasby, C.; Read, G. (2009). Polychaeta, Myzostomida. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

source of synonymy: Fauchald, K. 1970. Polychaetous annelids of the families Eunicidae, Lumbrineridae, Iphitimidae, Arabellidae, Lysaretidae and Dorvilleidae from western Mexico. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology, 5: 1-335. [details]

from synonym: McIntosh, W.C. 1885. Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S.Challenger during the years 1872-76, Ser. Zoology, 12: 1-554., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-34/htm/doc.html [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System , available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/collections/collections-management [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): BM ZK 1885.12.1.209 [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:333299
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-03-17 10:44:16Z  created  Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z  changed  Fauchald, Kristian
  
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  Citation: Fauchald, K. (2013). Eunice balfouriana (McIntosh, 1885). In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=333299 on 2013-05-19
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